An opossum took up residence in my back yard. We have avocado trees and the 'possum likes to eat the partially rotten fruit that's on the ground - and right now is the picking time for avocados so there's lots of food available (they also eat snails, slugs, other fruit on the ground, etc. They're a real clean up crew.)
She's been around for a while but recently showed up with four babies clinging to her back. Here's a pix of the babies. Almost big enough to wean. I can always find them in the daytime because the dog sniffs them and points out where they're sleeping but otherwise he leaves them alone.
Cute little fellas, aren't they?
Mike
Possum babies 01.jpg
[A problem I have is that the dog sees her roaming the yard at night and starts barking in the middle of the night. I had to put paper on the bottom of the windows so he can't see out at night. After the avocados are gone she and the babies will move on, maybe another month or so.]